Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1916.
(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1916, No. 68.)
I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its
Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the
Governor-General, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting
with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the
undermentioned amended Regulations under the
Dated this ninth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
A. L. STANLEY,
Deputy of the Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
WILLIM WEBSTER,
Postmaster-General.
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Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348).
(2) The contents of all parcels must be securely packed in such a manner as to preserve them from breakage or leakage, and from injuring other parcels in transmission, and, in addition,
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a ) Parcels containing liquids or semi-liquids, such as medicines, oils, paints, jellies, &c., or any matter which, in the event of breakage of the containing vessel or covering, would be liable to injure other parcels, must bear an indorsement on the outside wrapper indicating the nature of the covering or containing vessel, and of the contents; such articles should be packed in hermetically sealed tins, or wooden packing boxes, with a sufficient quantity of absorbent matter.(
b ) Parcels containing fragile articles, such as millinery, toys, musical instruments, &c., or perishable articles, such as eggs, butter, flowers, fish, &c., must be indorsed “fragile” or “perishable” respectively, on the outside wrapper.(
c ) All articles which are likely to injure other articles; and the edges and points of all sharp instruments, must be properly protected.
Parcels which appear to be insufficiently packed may be refused.
C.9935—Price 3d.
243. The following shall be the rates of postage charged on Inland and Inter-State Parcels, viz.:—
Destination. | Rates of postage on a Parcel not exceeding— | |||||||||||||||||||||
1lb | 2lb | 3lb | 4lb | 5lb | 6lb | 7lb | 8lb | 9lb | 10lb | 11lb | ||||||||||||
Inland.......... Inter-State | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
The foregoing rates shall be increased by fifty per cent. in the case of parcels marked “fragile” or “perishable,” or which the senders require to be protected in the mails in transit.
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Printed and Published for the Government of the commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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